THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1977
PERMANENT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AT SHA TIN FIRST CONTRACT SIGNED *****
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY AWARDED THE FIRST CONTRACT FOR THE NEW $175 MILLION PERMANENT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AT SHA TIN NEW TOWN.
THE CONTRACT, WORTH ABOUT $3.7 MILLION, IS FOR THE SUPPLY OF FINE BUBBLE AERATION EQUIPMENT AND HAS BEEN AWARDED TO THE BRITISH FIRM HAWKER SIDDLEY WATER ENGINEERING LTD., WHOSE LOCAL AGENT IS HUTCHISON-BOAG ENGINEERING LTD.
THE CONTRACT WAS FORMALLY SIGNED IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS THIS MORNING BETWEEN MR. C. CAPE, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF HAWKER SIDDLEY, AND MR. WONG KWOK-CHOY, CHIEF P.W.D. ENGINEER OF THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE'S CONSULTANTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION, ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT.
MR. WONG SAID THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST OF 16 ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL CONTRACTS FOR WHICH TENDERS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
+ IT IS EXPECTED THE NEXT TWO CONTRACTS WILL BE SIGNED IN ABOUT A MONTH, HE SAID.
+TENDERS FOR THE HUGE CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS ARE EXPECTED TO BE INVITED BY THE END OF FEBRUARY.+
THE NEW PLANT WILL BE BUILT JUST NORTH OF THE NEW RACECOURSE AT SHA TIN NEW TOWN ON 17 HECTARES OF RECLAIMED LAND.
WORK ON THE FIRST STAGE OF THE NEW PLANT WILL BEGIN LATER THIS YEAR.
THE STAGE ONE CONSTRUCTION WHICH IS BEING PARTLY FINANCED BY A $95 MILLION LOAN FROM THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, WILL INVOLVE SETTLING AND AERATION TANKS AND AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
MR. WONG SAID IT WAS HOPED THAT THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT WOULD BE DELIVERED FOR INSTALLATION TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.
MR. WONG SAID THAT WHEN FULLY DEVELOPED, THE PLANT WOULD SERVE THE NEW TOWN'S ENTIRE POPULATION OF SOME 500,000.
THE PLANT'S CONSTRUCTION TIMETABLE HAS BEEN GEARED TO KEEP PACE WITH THE VARIOUS STAGES OF THE NEW TOWN'S DEVELOPMENT, AND IN FACT IT WOULD BE RACING AHEAD OF INITIAL POPULATION INCREASE, HE SAID.
BY THE TIME IT'S COMMISSIONED IN 1980, THE POPULATION OF SHA TIN NEW TOWN SHOULD BE STANDING AT AROUND 150,000 WHILE THE SEWAGE WORKS WOULD BE CAPABLE OF SERVING SOME 230,000 PEOPLE, HE SAID.
/THE TREATMENT